Month: September 2017

ARCADIA, Calif. — Paradise Woods returned Saturday to where she became all the rage, and the friendly confines of Santa Anita served her well as she erased two disappointing previous tries with a runaway victory in the Grade 1, $294,000 Zenyatta Stakes, earning her a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Nov. 3

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Awesome Slew got an ideal tune-up for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile when prevailing as widely expected in the 25th running of the Grade 3, $100,000 Ack Ack, the last of three stakes on a postcard-perfect Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs. Ridden by Corey Lanerie, Awesome Slew looped the field to enter

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For a few seconds on the final turn of Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs, it seemed like it was anyone’s race, with four horses within a couple lengths of early leader Honorable Duty. But it turned out that Honorable Duty, under confident handling by Corey Lanerie, was only

ELMONT, N.Y. — When Takaful won his debut by eight lengths sprinting here last Oct. 29, expectations for the well-bred colt were set high. Eleven months and six races later, Takaful reached those expectations, running down the speedy favorite El Deal to win Saturday’s Grade 1, $350,000 Vosburgh Stakes by one length at Belmont Park,

ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Melmich ($3.40) remained unbeaten on the year with a dominating victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $130,000 Durham Cup Stakes at Woodbine. Melmich trailed early in the five-horse field. He made a four-wide move to the lead on the far turn en route to a 7 1/2-length score over 12-1 shot U S

Trainer Chad Brown shipped four horses to Laurel Park for stakes on Saturday. In less than a half-hour’s time Rymska and Taperge finished first and second in the Grade 3 Commonwealth Oaks and Projected and Catapult ran one-two in the day’s feature race, the Grade 2 Baltimore/Washington International Turf Cup. “I’m very pleased with the

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Golf’s sometimes maddening rule book caught up with Jordan Spieth on Saturday at the Presidents Cup, where he was forced to concede a hole in match play when he stopped an opponent’s moving ball on the green at Liberty National. Louis Oosthuizen‘s chip for eagle-2 on the 12th hole had sped

DOVER, Del. — Ryan Blaney crashed the Xfinity Series playoffs and the Cup regular dominated Saturday to win the race at Dover International Speedway. NASCAR imposed limits this season on how many times the elite Cup drivers can race in NASCAR’s second-tier series. Blaney made the Cup playoffs with a win at Pocono and played

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Kevin Love could be named permanent starter at center this season with Tristan Thompson coming off the bench, Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said after practice Saturday. Love said he has played “quite a bit” of time at the 5 with the Cavs’ first unit through the first week of training camp.

NEW YORK — Just two years after they unfurled their four Stanley Cup championship banners from the 1980s at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the New York Islanders are seeking to move to yet another spot on Long Island, a little closer to the arena at which they became a suburban sports dynasty. But it might

Man City applied their trademark style, despite the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge, with De Bruyne’s magical strike sealing a win. Man City applied their trademark style, despite the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge, with De Bruyne’s magical strike sealing a win. Craig Burley takes to the touchscreen to analyse Kevin De Bruyne’s dominant performance in Man

A furious Ian Poulter remained in contention for a first victory in five years despite a costly incident on day three of the British Masters. Poulter recovered from an early double bogey at Close House to card a 68 and finish in a five-way tie for second on 11 under, a shot behind Sweden’s Robert

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida quarterback Luke Del Rio left Saturday’s 38-24 win over Vanderbilt in the second quarter with a left shoulder injury. The Gators continue to put points on the board, tying an NCAA record by scoring in its 365th consecutive game. Florida hasn’t been shut out since 1988. Making his first start of

The game at the Stade de la Licorne was stopped after a section of the away stand collapsed. Saturday’s Ligue 1 game at Amiens was abandoned after a barrier in the stands collapsed, seriously injuring four supporters. The first few rows of visiting Lille fans fell about five feet, down to the level of the

The first and last image Jonathan Eig says he saw each day in his boyhood bedroom was a poster of Muhammad Ali on the ceiling. In Eig’s view then, Ali was a “superhero.” The 53-year-old journalist told an audience on Sunday at Chicago’s Emanuel Congregation that he was dumbfounded a few years ago over a

9:30 AM BST ESPN staff Ospreys hooker Scott Baldwin has apologised for missing his side’s 44-25 PRO14 defeat to the Cheetahs on Friday after he was bitten by a lion. Baldwin, who required stitches on Thursday following the incident, took to social media to announce his regret at trying to stroke a lion while in

HEDDON-ON-THE-WALL, England — A few hundred yards from Close House Golf Club lie the ruins of Hadrian’s Wall, a barrier built to keep an English corner of the Roman Empire safe from marauding outsiders. On Thursday and Friday at the British Masters, as if summoned to man those fortifications, the English amassed themselves at the